■ Chile
Anti-Bush protesters nabbed
Police arrested about 300 people Wednesday who were taking part in a demonstration against the visit of US President George W. Bush to Santiago for a major economic summit to be held tomorrow and Sunday. The police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowd of protesters who gathered without a permit from authorities. The demonstrators yelled anti-Bush slogans and voiced opposition to the APEC summit, which will be attended by many major world leaders.
■ Canada
Legislator `stomps' on Bush
A maverick Canadian legislator with a history of anti-Bush comments said Wednesday she won't apologize for stomping on a doll of US President George W. Bush in a television comedy skit, but promised not to heckle the president when he visits Canada on Nov. 30. Bush is expected to address Canada's Parliament and meet with Prime Minister Paul Martin to discuss issues ranging from trade to terrorism and nation-building aid in Iraq during the two-day visit. Carolyn Parrish, a member of the ruling Liberal Party for a district outside of Toronto, made headlines in Canada last year on the eve of the US-led invasion of Iraq when she was overheard telling a reporter: "Damn Americans. I hate those bastards."
■ United States
Gates gets the most spam
Internet junkies, take heart: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates receives 4 million e-mails daily, most of them spam, and is probably the most "spammed" person in the world. But unlike ordinary users, the software mogul has an entire department to filter unsolici-ted e-mails and only a few of them actually get through to his inbox, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said yesterday. Ballmer was speaking to government information technology and development officials from the Asia-Pacific at the start of a Microsoft-sponsored Asia Leadership Forum in Singapore.
■ United States
Law named sexiest man
British actor Jude Law, currently starring as the irresistible cad in the remake of "Alfie," was named this year's "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine on Wednesday. The chiseled-featured, 31-year-old actor was the top pick of the magazine's editors to succeed their leading male sex symbol of 2003, Johnny Depp. Law appears on the cover of the magazine's Nov. 19 issue, which hits newsstands today. "His warmth is what makes him sexy, and it radiates through his eyes," actress Nicole Kidman, his "Cold Mountain" co-star, told the magazine.
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